Word: pipeful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most obnoxious and filthy ever inflicted on a television audience . . . Unless [his] remarks and gestures conform to decency in the future, the Journal Co. will refuse to carry him further." Variety headlined, CBS OUT ON A GODFREY LIMB, and warned that industry-wide censorship might result. Urging Godfrey to "pipe down a little," New York Herald Tribune Columnist John Crosby wrote: "I hate to align myself with the forces of prudery, but I can't quite see myself coming out four-square for scatology...
Behind the Screen. Then the Congressmen went after facts, and what they found told an entirely different story about the domain of old Joe Di Giorgio, the Sicilian immigrant who had drilled wells, laid miles of underground pipe and invested $9.7 million to turn a plot of arid land into a production line of agriculture (TIME, March 11, 1946). Di Giorgio wages had always been as good as any in the valley (currently 80? to $1.10 per hour); Di Giorgio had voluntarily carried workmen's compensation insurance for his employees. His homes for workers were no palaces (some were...
...most men, he feels things strongly, and he puts his feelings into his art. It is not in his yeasty, positive nature to spend his working hours making decorative arrangements of squiggles and blobs of color, or pouring his soul into a painting of an empty wine bottle, a pipe and a guitar...
Using hard rubber baseballs, the instrument flashes a small light to warn the batter it is about to "pitch" and then shoots the ball from a metal pipe. Levers in the rear of the machine can adjust the speed and direction of the ball. Currier's invention differs from those used by the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers, as it does not have a mechanical arm to deliver the ball and does not require reloading after every pitch...
...underground water beneath the Yard while working on a water main. He kept the secret to himself, although he realized there was little chance of buying the property and setting up oil wells in the Yard. After six months he had another chance to work on the water pipe lines and cheek his suspicion of oil. He discovered oil again, leaking from a supply can this time. The worker, who wants to remain anonymous, is still around the College, but he's given up all dreams...